Reducing Eye Strain At The Geek Box

If you’re like me, you probably spend a decent amount of time in front of the computer screen. After a while my eyes begin to get heavy and my levels of productivity and alertness fade. I caught a glimpse of this article from the tech blog Lifehacker, which gives a lot of useful tips for [...]

Name That Tune

This was too much fun doing on Lauren’s facebook note that I just had to try it for myself. Note STEP4. Step 1: Put your iTunes or equivalent on random. Step 2: Post the first line (or two) from the first 30 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing. Step 3: Bold out the songs [...]

technology and consumerism

So today Apple released their new Macbook pro models and Macbooks. Normally I would not care so much, but if you know me, you probably already know that I just recently purchased a Macbook Pro only a few months ago. The new models have faster processors, an LED backlit display, multi-touch touchpad, larger hard drives, [...]

Andy Rooney Moment #1 (Many Bags)

“The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.” Andy Rooney So here I am sitting here in the library on campus working on a paper that is due in 2 hours and 40 minutes. I have been distracted by what I will call my Andy Rooney Moment. If you are unfamilar with [...]

Middle Class – Large but not in charge

So I found this video very interesting. It discusses the problem with our middle class today, arguing that the media portrays the middle class to worse off than it really is. This video argues that the middle class can afford hummers, 50 ft boats, and spend time vacationing. All while having everyday mediocre jobs. This [...]

Jumping off a bridge.

I’ll go first. No problem. For those of you who don’t know already, this blog is meant to serve as an outpost for, uh, whatever. I’ve had a few blogs in the past. Most of them angered my friends more than I would have liked. Well, let me rephrase. I didn’t mind that it angered [...]